The Coaster: world class surfing contest in Cornwall

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The arrival of the Relentless Boardmasters event in Newquay is creating a swell of excitement

Newquay is in the news for all the wrong reasons. The UK’s self-styled “surf city” has long lived a double life as “sin city”, its place on the north Cornwall “Coast of Dreams” offering more by way of nightmare if you’re not taken by endless stag and hen parties, cheap booze and louche clubs.

After the recent cliff-fall deaths of two teenagers the town has been castigated as the apparent epitome of irresponsibility and the repository of an “anything goes” mentality. But this week, with the arrival of the Relentless Boardmasters, Newquay will be hoping to be in the spotlight